Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff

Directing

Born March 31, 1939 · Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

47 films as director · Active 1960–2026

Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker. He won an Oscar as well as the Palme d'or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival for The Tin Drum (1979), the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize-…

Known for

Morgenmagazin

Morgenmagazin

1992

Abendschau

Abendschau

2000

Abendschau

Abendschau

2000

Volle Kanne

1999

Alpha Forum

1998

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

1979

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974

Directed(47)

Visitation

The Forest Maker

2022The Forest Maker★ 6.2

Return to Montauk

2017Return to Montauk★ 5.6

The Nameless Day

2017The Nameless Day★ 6.0

Diplomacy

2014Diplomacy★ 7.0

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014Henri Langlois vu par...★ 4.0

Calm at Sea

2012Calm at Sea★ 6.6

Strike

2007Strike★ 7.2

Ulzhan

2007Ulzhan★ 5.9

Billy Wilder Speaks

2006Billy Wilder Speaks★ 6.7

Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe

2005Enigma – Eine uneingestandene Liebe★ 10.0

The Ninth Day

2004The Ninth Day★ 6.5

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

2002Ten Minutes Older: The Cello★ 6.6

The Enlightenment

2002The Enlightenment

2002Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine★ 5.0

The Legend of Rita

2000The Legend of Rita★ 6.0

Palmetto

1998Palmetto★ 6.0

The Ogre

1996The Ogre★ 6.4

Billy, How Did You Do It?

1992Billy, How Did You Do It?★ 6.0

1992The Michael Nyman Songbook

Voyager

1991Voyager★ 6.2

The Handmaid's Tale

1990The Handmaid's Tale★ 6.1

A Gathering of Old Men

1987A Gathering of Old Men★ 6.2

Death of a Salesman

1985Death of a Salesman★ 6.9

Swann in Love

1984Swann in Love★ 5.6

War and Peace

1982War and Peace★ 4.5

Circle of Deceit

1981Circle of Deceit★ 6.1

The Candidate

1980The Candidate★ 6.0

The Tin Drum

1979The Tin Drum★ 7.0

Germany in Autumn

1978Germany in Autumn★ 6.3

Portrait of Valeska Gert

1977Portrait of Valeska Gert★ 9.0

Coup de Grâce

1976Coup de Grâce★ 6.4

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

1975The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum★ 7.0

1975Georginas Gründe★ 8.0

1974Stayover in Tirol★ 7.0

A Free Woman

1972A Free Woman★ 6.6

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

1972The Morals of Ruth Halbfass★ 5.0

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

1971The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach★ 6.5

Baal

1970Baal★ 5.5

Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

1969Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel★ 6.2

Degree of Murder

1967Degree of Murder★ 6.3

1967Der Paukenspieler★ 10.0

Young Törless

1966Young Törless★ 6.6

Méditerranée

1963Méditerranée★ 5.6

Who Cares...

1960Who Cares...

Acting(106)

2026Igor and After

2026Mein liebster DokumentarfilmSelf

2025Pan OlbrychskiSelf

Volker Schlöndorff — Watchpile | Watchpile

2024Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du mauditSelf

2024Catching Fire: The Story of Anita PallenbergSelf

2024The Stones and Brian JonesSelf

2023German GeniusVolker Schlöndorff

2022Werner Herzog: Radical DreamerSelf

2022Alain Resnais, the AudaciousSelf

2022Come with Me to the Cinema – The GregorsSelf

2022Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring PassionSelf

2022Studio 3 - Live aus BabelsbergSelf

2021A Life for Movies: Lotte EisnerSelf

2020Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the DrumSelf - Filmmaker

2020Last Year in DachauSelf - Narrator (voice)

2020Melville, le dernier samouraïSelf

2019Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is PowerSelf - Filmmaker

2019Hollywood's Second World WarSelf

2019Fuck the MessageSelf

2018Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?Himself

2018Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher HerbstSelf

2017Never Be Boring: Billy WilderSelf

2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of LifeSelf

2016Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another WorldSelf

2015Arthur Miller: A Man of His CenturySelf - Filmmaker

2015From Caligari to HitlerSelf - Filmmaker

2015The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on BaalInterviewer

2015FassbinderSelf

2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self

2014Bewegte Republik DeutschlandSelf

2012Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?Self

2012Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and ReflectionsSelf

2011Günther JauchSelf

2011Nuits transparentes

2011Was wurde aus...?himself

2010Cave of Forgotten DreamsNarrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)

2010Michael Nyman in ProgressSelf

2010Museums-Check mit Markus BrockSelf

2010Code Name: MelvilleSelf

2010Westpolself

2010Memories of Last Year in MarienbadHimself - Narrator

2010Melville Steps Out of the ShadowsInterviewee

2009Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of MarienbadSelf

2009Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorialhimself

2008Malle's Fire WithinSelf

2006Filmmakers in ActionSelf

2006Billy Wilder SpeaksSelf - Filmmaker / Interviewer

2005Knef - Die frühen JahreSelf

2005Gottschalk meets PetersenHimself

2005Who is Helene Schwarz?Self

2005Von Sex bis SimmelSelf

2004Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemandsSelf (Interviewee)

2003Die VerhoevensHimself

2003Un film et son époqueSelf

2002Gero von Boehm begegnet...Self

2002Marlene Dietrich: Her Own SongSelf

2002Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keineSelf

2002Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartetthimself

2001Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin DrumSelf

2000AbendschauSelf

2000Schrott - Die Atzenposse

1999maybrit illnerSelf

1999Volle KanneSelf

1999BeckmannSelf

1998Alpha ForumSelf

1997NachtstudioSelf

1997Im Dialogself

1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf

1995The Night of the FilmmakersSelf

1992Billy, How Did You Do It?Self

1992MorgenmagazinSelf

1992I Don’t Just Want You to Love MeSelf

1992Billy, How Did You Do It?Self

1991Film LessonSelf

1990Zeil um ZehnSelf

1990Romy AwardSelf

1989ZDF-MittagsmagazinSelf

1987NachtcaféSelf

1986Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’Self - The Director

1986American MastersSelf

1985Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt HoffmannSelf

1985Hands Up!Self (1981 footage)

1984Goldene KameraSelf

1982Champs-ElyséesSelf

1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf

1979NDR Talk ShowSelf

1978CinématonN°572

1978Ciné regardsSelf

1976Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German CinemaSelf

1976Kölner TreffSelf

1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf

1975De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?Self

19743 nach 9Self

1974Spécial cinémaSelf

1973Je später der AbendSelf

1971Mathias Kneißl

197011 Uhr 20Barkeepeer Henry

1967Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteSelf

1967Neuer Deutscher Film Report

1964Chance at LoveGerman soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)

1962Le DoulosMan in Bar (uncredited)

1961Léon Morin, PriestGerman Soldier (uncredited)

1951German Film AwardSelf

Ulrich Matthes - Leidenschaft und HaltungSelf